How To Play Long Video Games When You Have No Time

For a lot of gamers with demanding jobs, marriages and/or families, the excitement of reading good reviews for games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is tempered by the sinking realization that they’ll never have time...

Play These Retro Video Games With Your Kid You know who are the worst people on earth? Dingbats who condescendingly scoff at creative works because they’re not “modern.” Those who go to reviva...18:16 2019-07-24

The Best Video Games of 2019 (So Far) The stretch of summer between E3 and the holiday season is a hard time to be a video game fan. The industry tantalized us with all the wonderful game...12:32 2019-06-27

We Need More Funny Video Games Comedy is one of the toughest things to get right. A lot of what makes humor connect is delivery and timing, whether it be an energetic setup to a de...20:16 2019-08-16

Video games are literature’s new frontier Games like Uncharted 2, The Last of Us, and Red Dead Redemption 2 are interactive, experiential art that deeply immerse the player in the narratives....09:32 2019-08-14

Lightsabers In Video Games Are Too Weak At E3 this past week we saw a good amount of gameplay from the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, the new game from Apex Legends developers Respa...20:00 2019-06-16

Long live the video game content war On Saturday, June 8th, the first of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) livestreams began. Away from the hustle and bustle of the show floor, thes...18:16 2019-06-19

Walmart takes steps on violent video games Walmart Inc said on Friday it has
asked employees at its stores across the United States to take
down signs and playable demos of violent video games...12:16 2019-08-09

A few must-have games from E3 If you're going to try to keep up with the best video gaming has to offer, you'll want to start thinking about getting these titles when th...14:16 2019-06-13

The 12 Best Games For 3DS And 2DS It’s been years since the original 3DS launched. There’s an updated version with better 3D , improved controls, and of course, a wealth of excellent ...23:00 2019-08-23

The best games for PC So how do you categorize a beast like gaming on the PC? With decades of titles to pluck from (and the first port of call for most indie titles, too),...14:48 2019-07-04

The best games for PS4 Sony's PlayStation 4 is fast approaching its sixth birthday, and that poses a problem. You see, game developers have seen fit to release a game ...13:16 2019-07-01

This Movie Is Too Long Martin Scorsese’s new movie, The Irishman, stars Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci and is probably very good. It is also 210 minutes long. That is too man...00:48 2019-08-28

How long until Hyperloop is here? Several Hyperloop projects are under development, promising faster, cheaper, greener cross-country travel. So when can we expect to be traveling by t...01:16 2019-07-09

How Long Can the U.S. Women Keep Going? Key members of the victorious U.S. women’s team are approaching the end of their careers, but a quirk of the soccer calendar means that an Olympics i...23:48 2019-07-08

Best games of 2019 so far Trigger-happy chaos in Apex Legends, thoughtful exploration in Sunless Skies and witty adventures in Shakespearean London are part of a bumper year f...02:32 2019-06-07

The best games for your smartphone Sorry, but mobile gaming is the biggest player in the video game market. In 2018, it made almost half of the industry's global revenue. Smartpho...17:32 2019-07-05

The best Android games There are loads of great games available for Android, but how can you pick out the gems from the dross, and amazing touchscreen experiences from botc...05:48 2019-05-23

The 12 Best Games For The Xbox One You’re heading to the store to get an Xbox One right now, and need to know which games to get. Or you’re at work or in school, daydreaming about what...18:32 2019-05-21

The Best Dreamcast Games Here’s a terrifying fact: Sega has been out of the console business longer than they were in it. And while it was the Dreamcast that finally did the ...21:00 2019-07-03

The long road to being a pro footballer Germany's youth teams have been having trouble qualifying for major international tournaments in recent years. So what is at the root of the problem ...19:32 2019-06-15

Car Talk's Long Goodbye Let’s get something out of the way up front: Ray Magliozzi hates cars. And not in a my-car-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-and-it’s-always-breaking kind of way ...17:48 2019-09-04

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over Sorry, definitely not this this one. But take victories where you can find them: Alec Baldwin, who launched a whole second act in his career playing ...16:32 2019-06-07

All the Movies Are Too Damn Long!!!! A disturbing new piece out today from the Hollywood Reporter confirms what we all know in our hearts to be true: all movies now are way too long....05:32 2019-09-13

SWAL-long, Fare-WELL Eric Swalwell, who was among the first Democrats to announce his bid for the presidency in 2020, is reportedly planning to bow out of the race this a...18:48 2019-07-08

BHP and the Long Goodbye From Coal Power coal has generated big profits for miners over the years, but these days it mostly generates trouble. That doesn’t mean getting out of the busi...10:32 2019-07-16

Play of the Day: "Eurosport favourites Boris Becker and Barbara Schett give their expert verdicts on the best and most entertaining moments from the latest action at ...17:16 2019-05-31

Play of the Day: "Eurosport favourites and tennis legends Mats Wilander and Kim Clijsters give their verdicts on the best and most amusing moments from day one of the...18:32 2019-05-26

Play of the Day: "Eurosport favourites Jo Durie and Alex Corretja give their expert verdicts on the best and most entertaining moments from the latest action at Rolan...16:16 2019-06-01

Play of the Day: "Eurosport favourites Mats Wilander and Barbara Schett give their expert verdicts on the best and most entertaining moments from the latest action at...13:48 2019-06-03

The Curse Of The Yakuza Games The Yakuza games and their spin-offs have long starred some of Japan’s biggest celebrities. Now that some of those celebs have ended up in trouble, t...06:16 2019-07-03

The Week In Games: Totally Rad Yo, this upcoming week is totally tubular and rad. Like, you know it is just super rad. Very gnarly. Other 80s slang and phrases. Rad is coming out n...12:00 2019-08-19

The 12 most-anticipated games of E3 2019 From Star Wars and Marvel-themed juggernauts to village life sims and monster hunts, these are the games we’re most interested in at next week’s E3 i...08:16 2019-06-04

How to Win at Classic Arcade Games Even though I had plenty of access to PC games and consoles as a kid (ah, the amazingness that was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System), I loved ...13:16 2019-06-12

The best Steam games 2019 Steam is simply the best place for you to hunt for new PC games, if you're keen on getting into the very best PC games. That's because the ...16:01 2019-06-11

Games Are Better With Double Jumps Last night, after hours exploring Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, I unlocked the ability to double jump. It was such a simple thing—one jump, anot...13:32 2019-06-27

The 10 most exciting games of E3 2019 The year before a new console generation is always an odd one for the industry. On one hand, countless developers are still hard at work on games for...16:00 2019-06-13

The best games for Nintendo Switch Nintendo's Switch is on a roll. The youngest of the games consoles is punching above its weight with a mix of core Nintendo games that have push...10:32 2019-07-03

The best new Xbox One games at E3 2019 After a distinct lack of great first-party titles in 2018, Microsoft is ready to turn things around in 2019. That’s right, there are a number ...23:16 2019-06-09

E3: Nintendo Rolls Out New Games The biggest video game event of the year is underway in Los Angeles. The future of gaming is on display at E3.
On Tuesday Nintendo executives unveile...22:32 2019-06-11

The Week In Games: Brr! It's Cold In Here! Do you love Monster Hunter: World? Do you love snow and ice? Well, then you are going to be very excited this week! A brand new expansion for Monster...18:48 2019-09-01

The 35 best indie games on PC and consoles Update: Added the open-world survival indie RPG OutwardAlthough the best PC games with cash to splash are quickly evolving, so are the best indie gam...17:00 2019-05-28

I Love Games About Bluffing (Or Do I?) I love games that involve bluffing, even though I can never tell when any of my friends are lying. This past weekend, my poker night buddies and I pl...13:32 2019-07-16

10 top tennis games for Android and iOS Strawberries and cream, white uniforms and a lot of grunting - there are few events so ingrained in the psyche as Wimbledon. Not all are lucky e...12:16 2019-07-06

The long road to 'greener' steel Everyone is talking about the dangers of man-made carbon. Yet getting businesses to get it out of the environment is a Herculean task. Still new CO2 ...15:16 2019-07-31

The Long Road to Injury Recovery As I ate my breakfast on a tree stump by the trailhead after my run, I finally saw that I was on my way, and that there’s no shame in taking the time...08:16 2019-08-17

For Ponzi Victims, the Aftermath Is Long When frauds collapse, trustees sweep in to help investors get back some of what they lost; in some cases, investors wait almost a decade for their fi...02:16 2019-06-22

Record-Long U.S. Economic Expansion The U.S. economic expansion is now the longest on record, with inflation remaining subdued. With the Fed poised to cut rates, will the bull run rage ...11:32 2019-07-11

The Matildas' long road to success Sometimes, the only way to get noticed is to be controversial, to be out of the ordinary. Stir it up, cause a fuss, rip up the rule book and watch th...01:32 2019-06-04

How long is acid detectable in the body? Acid, or LSD, is a drug that can cause hallucinations and feelings of euphoria. In this article, learn how long these effects last and how long the d...06:00 2019-06-15

How to Survive a Long Airport Delay Last week, hundreds of flights at New York’s LaGuardia Airport were delayed or canceled because of thunderstorms in the area; inbound flights landed ...17:48 2019-07-19

Why Lyon is the perfect long weekend With its historic sights, winding alleyways, buzzing riverside and distinctive cuisine, Lyon is perfect for a long weekend, says Christopher Beanland...09:32 2019-06-14

BMW Z4 2019 long-term review BMW's sporting offerings have lost their lustre in recent years. We have three months to find out if the new Z4 can turn that trend around
Why we’re...13:00 2019-08-22

Stop Calling Games 'Metroidvania' Let’s talk about one of my least favorite words in the video game lexicon: metroidvania. A portmanteau combining the video game titles Metroid and Ca...04:00 2019-07-03

In praise of ultra-short games Enlarge / Is falling in this hole going to take long? I have a meeting at 2...
These days, the game industry at large seems to be focused on games...13:32 2019-05-29

Best Nintendo Switch games from E3 2019 Nintendo hasn’t held a physical conference at E3 for some time now, and E3 2019 was no different. But it still knocked it out of the park with...16:01 2019-06-11

11 best open world games on PC today Now that gaming PCs are more powerful than ever before, the best PC games have evolved in ways no one would have seen coming a decade ago.If you want...20:32 2019-06-04

The best games, demos, and tech of E3 2019 C'mon, how can you deny Keanu? (credit: Xbox / Microsoft)
LOS ANGELES—There's no getting around it: Walking through the Los Angeles Convention Cente...10:16 2019-06-14

Two Old Men Rank The SNES Games On Switch After years of wishing and hoping, Nintendo finally added a selection of Super Nintendo games to its Switch online service. Which of the 20 classics ...17:16 2019-09-06

Week In Games: Let's Go Make Another Mario Perhaps the best-known game coming out this week is Super Mario Maker 2, a sequel much anticipated by many of us here at Kotaku, not to mention Mario...19:48 2019-06-23

The Week In Games: Jason Returns, Again You can never really escape Jason Voorhees. The masked slasher from The Friday The 13th films is returning again this week. A new edition of The Frid...02:16 2019-08-12

The Week In Games: Say, That's A Nice Bike A quiet week. E3 is getting closer and closer and as usual, game releases are slowing down during this time of the year. But for you fans of fast mot...17:32 2019-06-02

The Week In Games: Summer Things Stranger Things season 3 is almost here and next week, to coincide with the new season, a game based on the popular show launches on all major platfo...19:16 2019-06-30

N.F.L. Suspends Bills Rookie for 6 Games Tyrel Dodson had previously been placed on the commissioner’s exempt list because he faces misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and disorderly co...20:16 2019-09-12

The best free iPad games in 2019 Perhaps you've just bought an iPad, or just been given one for the first time. Or maybe you're thinking that your Apple tablet is old and b...15:32 2019-05-24

Kapow! The history of fighting games We’ve come a long way since that 80s one where you punched a bull in the face. As fighting games hit home in Black Mirror’s Striking Vipers, we chart...07:48 2019-06-01

Live-Action Games Are Having A Renaissance Full-motion video games have been around since the early days of VHS, but their implementation of real actors on camera usually felt like gimmicks. N...14:00 2019-08-30